Horseshoe.



JOSEPH EUGENE MURRAY. MORRIS'IOWN, NEW' JERSEY.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang.. t', 1917.

Application filed January 23, 191'?. Serial No. 143,896.

lic it known that I, Josnrit lil. Mir-amv, a citizen of the lvnited States. and a resident ot' Morristown, in thi` count;Y of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe. of which 'the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

M v invention has for its object to provide a horseshoe haring a section which is secured to the horses hoof. and which has horizontal guideways in which guides on another section may slide. the second section being held in place by clamps. and it being possible to provide this second section with callts or with any other desired surface.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed. l

In the drawings, similar reference characters denote similar parts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved horseshoe Fig. Q is a plan view of the horseshoe;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the horseshoe shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of .the horseshoe;

Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view ofthe horseshoe; lFig. 7 is a view showing a of the invention; and

Fig` S is a sectional view on the line 8*8lof Fig. 7.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the horseshoe is constructed in two sections 10 and 11, the section 10 having guards 12 which normally iit around the animals hoof. This section 10-is nailed to the aniinals hoof in a manner readily ,under`- stood. Atl its sides the sectionlO has guideways 13, and .these guideways are connected by a transverse guideway 14 at the front of the section 10"', so that guides 15 at the sides of the section 11 may slide in the guideways 13, anda transverse guide 16at the front of the section 11 may lit in the transverse guideway 14. lVhen the section 11 has been slid rearwardly relatively to the section 10, and the transverse guide 16 ts in the transverse guideway 14 to prevent further rearward movement of the section 11 relatively to section 10, section 11' is held in this posil modified form fbelow the plane ofthe guards 15.

l the sides of the first secti tion hy means of clamps 17, which are provided with slots 1S through which bolts 1f) are disposed. These bolts 19 are also disposed through oriliifres 20 in the rear part of section 11^ the bolt heads 21 engaging the forward edges of this rear part of section 11 to limit. the rearward movement of the bolts relatively to the. said section 11. 1t will be understood that the clamps 17 may be raised for engagement with the rear of section 10, and that by turning nuts Q2 against the clamps 17, the clamps may be held in the position indicate-d in Fig. 3 of the drawings. These nuts QQ me..h with the thread of the bolts 19. lVhen it is desired to remove the section 11. the nuts 2Q are unscrewed, thereby permitting` the rearward movement of the clamps 17 so that they may fall relatively to the bolts 19. this movement being permitted b v their slots. When the clamps 17 are out ofengagement with the rear of section 10, section 11 may be slid forwardly so that another section ma7 be substituted for the one removed.

The section 1,1 may be provided with calks 23, or. if desired, a section 24 may be emploved which is secured to the section 10 in the saine manner that section 11 is secured to section 10, this section 9.4, however, having a rubber heel 25, as shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. This rubber heel Q5 is reinforced by a steel plate 26 which is embedded in the rubber heel, and the rubber heel, together with its steel reinforcing plate 26 is secured to the bottom of the section. 24 by means of bolts 27. Nuts 28 which are provided for holding the bolts 27 in place, are disposed in openings 29, so that they will be disposed Tl'ie bolts 27 have shoulders 27' which fit the openings 2G in the plate 26 to prevent the bolts from turning. The section Q4 is preferably provided with a toe calk 24a.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Ina Horseshoe, a section having means by which it may be secured to the hoof of an animal and having guidcways extending from front to rear along the sides and a. transverse guideway at the front of the section,` a second section having guides at its sides and a transverse guide at its forward end, the guides at the sides of the second section being movable :in txlpe guideways at and the transverse guide [being movable into the transing rearwardly,' a second section having `verse guideway to limit the rearward moveguides movable in the'l guideways, means to I ment of the second section relatively to the limit the rearward movement of the second first section, bolts securedr to the second secsection relatively to the first section, a bolt 15 6- tion, and clamps having slots in which the extending through the rear part of one of bolts are disposed which may he raised for the sections, a clamp for engaging the other engaging the first section and may be sesection and having a slot in which the bolt ycured in raised position by the bolts. is disposed, and a nut on the bolt for'press- '2. In a horseshoe, a section having means ing the clamp against the last mentioned 20 110 b'y which it may be secured to an animals` section. h oof and provided with yguideways extend- JOSEPH EUGENE MURRAY. 

